2 Constitution & Welfare of Weaker Sections · 2.3 Women: issues and laws

2.3.4 Sexual harassment at work: Vishaka to the POSH Act 2013

The Supreme Court's Vishaka guidelines (1997), built on CEDAW and Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21, governed workplace sexual harassment until the POSH Act, 2013 gave them statutory form through Internal and Local Committees.

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Key terms

  • Vishaka guidelines
  • Bhanwari Devi
  • CEDAW
  • POSH Act 2013
  • Internal Committee
  • Local Committee
  • District Officer
  • quid pro quo
  • hostile work environment
  • three months
  • 90 days
  • domestic worker
  • SHe-Box
  • BNS Section 75
  • Medha Kotwal Lele
  • Aureliano Fernandes

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